Traffic

On this month’s traffic segment, Garda Derek Cloughley was in studio to discuss the very recent national speed enforcement operation, “Slow Down”, which was conducted for a 24 hour period from 07.00hrs on Friday 27th to 07.00hrs on Saturday 28th March 2015.

The objective of operation “Slow Down” is to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads. The aim is to remind drivers of the dangers of speeding, increase compliance with speed limits and act as a deterrent to driving at excessive and inappropriate speed. This initiative is supported by the Road Safety Authority and other partner stakeholders.

Crimecall carried out a comparison test between two identical cars that travelled a round trip from Dublin to Castlebar, one car travelled at the speed limit and the other car travelled 10km below.

The aim of the test is to discourage speeding by illustrating that the journey time differential between both vehicles is miniscule.